15-09-2014

FNE at Gdynia 2014: The Mighty Angel

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    The Mighty Angel by Wojciech Smarzowski The Mighty Angel by Wojciech Smarzowski

    WARSAW: The Mighty Angel by Wojciech Smarzowski will compete at the 39th Gdynia Film Festival running 15 - 20 September 2014.

    The Mighty Angel is an adaptation of Jerzy Pilch's bestselling novel directed by Wojciech Smarzowski with an all-star cast of actors including Robert Więckiewicz in the lead. The movie was shot on location in Kraków and Nowy Sącz in the winter of 2013. The film is a dark-humored study of alcoholism and its psychological and social
    impact.

    The film is produced by Profil Film Jacek Rzehak with a budget of 1.7 million EUR. The production received 2.5 m PLN from the Polish Film Institute and 600,000 PLN from the Krakow Regional Film Fund. The film is coproduced by Fundacja EDM Plus, HBO Polska, Kraków Film Commission, Telewizja Polska, Mojotribe and Kino.

    The film premiered in Polish cinemas on 17 January 2013 and is currently the second best opening in the overall Polish box office for 2014 with 881,000 tickets sold in total, surpassing the big foreign titles with 253,937 viewers and the fourth best Polish title opening in the last 20 years.

    Crew:

    Directed by: Wojciech Smarzowski
    Written by: Wojciech Smarzowski based on a novel by Jerzy Pilch
    Director of photography: Tomasz Madejski PSC
    Music by: Mikołaj Trzaska
    Production design by: Jagna Janicka
    Costume design by: Katarzyna Lewińska, Julia Jarża-Brataniec
    Make-up by: Ewa Drobiec
    Sound by: Jacek Hamela
    Edited by: Paweł Laskowski PSM
    Produced by: Profil Film
    Producer: Jacek Rzehak
    Co-produced by: Fundacja EDM+, Telewizja Polska, Krakowskie Biuro
    Festiwalowe, HBO Europe, Kino Świat, Mojotribe
    Executive producer: Klaudia Śmieja
    Co-financed by: Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
    Distributed by: Kino Świat

    Cast:

    Robert Więckiewicz
    Julia Kijowska
    Andrzej Grabowski
    Iza Kuna
    Iwona Bielska
    Kinga Preis
    Iwona Wszołkówna
    Jacek Braciak

    Production contact:
    Profil Film
    3/36 Huculska Str
    Warsaw, Poland
    tel. +48 22 840 0123
    www.themightyangel.com 
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